Year: 2009
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Modern, Isolationist Attitude to Blame for Decline
Down with a world in which the guarantee that we Will not die of starvation has been purchased with The guarantee that we will die of boredom. –Situationist graffiti Paris 1968 Not too long…
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Leesville Students Attend Military Fair
Leesville Road High School conducted a military fair on November 3, 2009 for students interested in the armed forces. West Point military, the United States Marine Corps, and the United States Army met to…
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Capital Pride’s Success Leads to International Choral Festival
For the sixteenth year, Capital Pride has shown its strength in both talent and numbers; Diane Covington’s choral program will participate in an international choral festival that begins on April 22 in Charleston, South…
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Obese NC Workers to Pay More for Health Insurance
North Carolina will implement a ‘fat tax’ on its government workers starting in July 2011, making workers that qualify as “obese” pay more for health insurance, and the tax has been hit with much…
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Leesville, Fuqua Finish Golf Season
The Leesville women’s golf team successfully completed their 2009 golf season. Coach Andy Hunt thought the team could have finished a little stronger. “We felt like we should have played better at regionals to…
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Stolen Art Prompts Search, Frustration
On a seemingly normal Monday morning, Gene Kim was shocked to discover that his artwork had been stolen from the lobby where it had been proudly displayed for two weeks. Enraged, Kim questioned his…
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Seniors Win Homecoming Float Contest
On Friday, October 16, 2009, the Leesville Road High senior student council won Leesville’s annual Homecoming float contest. Beginning on the first day of school, the senior council designed and crafted its homecoming float. …
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Boy cheerleaders add humor to powder puff game
A group of senior boys took on the role of cheerleaders to show their support for the senior girls during the annual Powder Puff game on Oct. 27, 2009. The male cheerleaders were comprised…
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Powder puff causes disunity at LRHS
The Powder Puff game and carnival is supposed to be just another outlet for the Loonies to release their surplus of school spirit. Students come out to cheer on the junior and senior girls,…
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Ten Students Interviewed for Teaching Fellows Scholarship
Ten Leesville seniors attended the district interviews for the teaching fellows scholarship, a $6500 per year scholarship awarded to future North Carolina teachers. Teachers, WCPSS employees, and community members interviewed Michelle Meehan, Katie Putnam,…
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The Skinny on Fad Diets
Since reading The Omnivore’s Dilemma by Michael Pollan over summer break, I began to think about a question he asks in the beginning of the book; “How did we ever get to a point…
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Leesville Offers Superior Autistic Program
Autism, a developmental disability, impacts the normal development of the brain in the areas of social interaction and communication skills. According to Will Swann, special education teacher at Leesville, twelve percent of Leesville’s students…
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The Curls Prevail
I am not a fan of what the flatiron has done to society. The tool that burns like the flames of Hell has not only roasted and damaged the hair follicles of girls everywhere,…
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Leesville student changes lifestyle
Teenagers often go through high school wondering about what they are, who they want to be, and what they will become. They sit and pick out aspects of their life and that they are…
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2009 the First Year for DST Change
Daylight Saving Time is the system of changing the official local time by one hour for the duration of the spring and summer months. The daylight saved is spent on evening activities rather than…
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Senior Band Leadership
Most students at Leesville define a football game with spectacular passes, insane touchdowns, and impenetrable defense. Many, however, fail to notice another amazing aspect of the event, the marching band. Overshadowed by their spotlighted…
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October Blood Drive: Record-Breaking Results
Leesville’s partnership blood drive with the American Red Cross was a resounding success, breaking last spring’s record collection by collecting 103 units of blood as well as introducing 89 novice blood donors into a…
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Students Weigh Benefits of Applying Early
Many high school seniors are facing the choice of whether to apply early to colleges or not. There are three types of application plans that students can undergo. Early decision refers to applying in…
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Second-year Teachers Face Challenges, Work with Leesville
There are over 120 teachers at Leesville, six of these entering only their second year of teaching: Ms. Abbott, Mr. McLeod, Ms. Robinson, Ms. Riley, Ms. Meeks and Ms. Hinnant Courtesy of CFNC According…
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New School Board Members Oppose Busing
On Oct. 6, Chris Malone of District One, Deborah Pickett of District Seven and Debra Goldman of District Nine secured enough votes to be elected to represent the Wake County School Board. A runoff…
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Sleep Needs Differ Among Students
According to the National Sleep Foundation, the average teenager needs nine or more hours of sleep every night. Unfortunately, this is not possible for most high school students. William Hoese, junior, feels the effects…
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“Where the Wild Things Are” Disappoints
Where the Wild Things Are, the children’s book that many Leesville students grew up with, came to life on the big screen last weekend. Although many people were looking forward to seeing the movie,…
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Men’s Basketball Preview
Every team knows it is hard to lose a star. The Leesville boys basketball team will find out just how hard it is this upcoming season after graduating Harrison George. “Losing [Harrison] is going…
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Men’s Soccer Turns Season Around, Heads to Playoffs
On Oct. 21, the men’s Pride Varsity soccer team finished their regular season 8-8-1 and finished 7-4-1 in the CAP-7 conference, earning themselves the second spot in the conference. According to Bo Burns, senior,…
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Spirit Week in Review
The week of October 12 through the 16 is spirit week, the kickoff for the Homecoming game and dance. Almost all of Leesville show their spirit with wild outfits, hair and some props. Every…
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Dress Code Distractions
I understand that a dress code is necessary to provide an environment conducive to the students’ learning, but I believe that our school’s strict dress code may be becoming more of a hindrance than…
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Kings of Leon: Not as New as You Think
Grammy award winning band, Kings of Leon, released their fourth studio album Only by the Night Sept.23, 2008. This soulful record blew away awaiting fans with its perfection and gloomy essence. Most of the…
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Same-Sex High Schools
There are twenty-three co-ed high schools in the Wake County Public School System. Although most teenagers attend one of these twenty-three schools when they reach high school, there are other options. If the student’s…
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Lessons in Abbreving, Part 2
One thing I’ve learned in high school is that everyone speaks diff. Some kids talk in all slang, and some sound so formal you’d think they were talking to the prez. There is one…
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Lessons in Abbreving, Part 1
One thing I’ve learned in highschool, is that everyone speaks differently. Some kids talk in all slang, and some sound so formal you’d think they were talking to the president. There is one form…
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Muck Wars: Good, Clean Fun
When most people think about Christianity, they think about long church services, mission trips, and hymns, but a Leesville Christian Organization, YoungLife, has different ideas of Christian fun. Most recently, the organization held a…
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Leesville Band Forced to Make Heavy Committments
Marching band students chose to make a huge commitment when they decided to sign up for band as opposed to other, less demanding electives. Most students choose to take electives that balance out their…
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Harmful Discoveries of Gardasil
In June of 2006, the world’s first cervical cancer vaccine, Gardasil, was released worldwide and called “a public health breakthrough” by the American Medical Association. Now, more than three years later, federal researchers must…
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Stop Complaining
President Barack Obama won the 2009 Nobel Peace Prize, and since his surprising win, critics have not ceased complaining. Conservatives and liberals alike questioned the validity of Obama’s award. Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh, and…
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Mischief Night
Over the past few decades, hundreds of neighborhoods across Raleigh experienced vandalism in the dark of night on October 30, the night before Halloween night. Also known as “Mischief Night” and “Fright Night” around North Carolina, “Devil’s…
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Seatbelt Neglect Results in Tragedy
When Christopher Raynor woke up on September 12, he had completely different intentions in mind for his day. Raynor was on the way to eat breakfast before his wedding when another vehicle raced through…
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Obama Gives Controversial Back-to-School Speech
On September 8, President Barack Obama delivered a speech aimed at students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. He spoke at Wakefield High School in Arlington, Virginia, and his message was broadcasted across the nation.…
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Bennett Experiences Snuggalicious Day
Today, September 29, was the first day in my life that I truly enjoyed. I owe this perfect day entirely to the greatest invention known to man, the Snuggie. While some refer to the…
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Foreign Exchange Students Find Raleigh New, Exciting
The Foreign Exchange program brings new faces from multiple countries to Leesville Road High School each year. These students leave their home countries for an entire year to see how American high school students…
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Homecoming Preview
Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming festivities that are to take place the weekend of Oct. 16. “I’m very excited for my senior homecoming, It’s my last one, and I…
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Leesville Green in More Ways than One
In 2004, Wake County Public School System teamed up with Child Nutrition Services and began the FEED THE BIN program. Leesville Road High School has participated in the program since the beginning. Green bins…
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Senioritis: A High School Epidemic
It is the most common disease among high school students, more contagious than the H1N1 virus, a disease that drives teachers crazy, and is the only disease that keeps kids coming to class; senioritis.…
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9-out-of-10 Campaign Clears Misconceptions about Teens
All teens talk on their cell phones while driving, all the time. This major misconception was recently shattered by the 9-out-of-10 campaign, a study developed by the UNC Highway Safety Research Center, which proved…
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Haunted Houses Part of NC Halloween Tradition
In a nation searching for cheap thrills and scares, the North Carolina area has got something to offer: haunted houses. These are not your father’s haunted houses of old, with a few people waiting…
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Permissive Parenting Has Long-Term Effects on Children
Permissive parenting is a style in which parents sit back and allow their children to make their own decisions. This style of parenting is becoming increasingly popular because it is, frankly, an easier method…
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Juniors Prep for Puff
The powder puff season began just as it had in previous years: energetic, enthusiastic, and slightly murderous. The vast majority of the junior class’s females attended the information meeting October 1. Girls of all…
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Leesville’s Public Safety Day “A Major Hit”
The annual Public Safety Day took place on Saturday, Sept. 19. Firefighters, policemen and special animal units set up their trucks and booths at Leesville Road High School. The day consisted of safety displays…
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Leesville Students Show Faith
On Wednesday, Sept. 23 approximately 15 students gathered at the flagpole in the front of Leesville Road High School. They formed a circle and prayed for their school, faculty and students. See You at…
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Lyons’s Prideful Kicks
Lyons’s sweet Nikes Satire Principal Scott Lyons reached a new level of fabulousness this week. Lyons recently purchased a pair of superfly kicks to show off his school spirit every Friday. Thanks to athletic-footwear-giant…
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Students Prepare for Homecoming
Students all over Leesville are beginning to prepare for Homecoming Festivities that are to take place the weekend of October 16. With spirit week, parades, pep rallies and the homecoming game, Homecoming is an…